Gooch takes over as Nymex Europe boss

Andy Gooch, formerly both head of energy trading at Calyon
Financial and non-executive director of Intercontinental
Exchange subsidiary International Petroleum Exchange (IPE - now
ICE Futures), has been hired as chief executive of Nymex
Europe.

The exchange said in a statement that Gooch was to replace
Sam Gaer, Nymex chief information officer, who served as
interim CEO at the European venture.